Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints

The aim of this paper is to carry out a critical analysis of the uses of the material conditionals employed to represent the counterfactual detections taking place inside Elitzur-Vaidman quantum bomb detectors in so-called quantum interaction free measurements (IFMs). We provide an exhaustive philos...

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Autores: Sánchez-Ovcharov, Carmen, Gherab Martín, Karim, Fernández-Cuesta, Alejandro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2025
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)
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Palavra-chave:Filosofía, Filología y Lingüística
Interaction-Free Measurements
Counterfactuals
Quantum Mechanics
Conditionals
Logic
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spelling Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s ConstraintsSánchez-Ovcharov, CarmenGherab Martín, KarimFernández-Cuesta, AlejandroFilosofía, Filología y LingüísticaInteraction-Free MeasurementsCounterfactualsQuantum MechanicsConditionalsLogic7205.04 Filosofía de la Física7205 Filosofía de la Ciencia11 LógicaThe aim of this paper is to carry out a critical analysis of the uses of the material conditionals employed to represent the counterfactual detections taking place inside Elitzur-Vaidman quantum bomb detectors in so-called quantum interaction free measurements (IFMs). We provide an exhaustive philosophical study of this classical approach focusing on its limitations. To do so, we formulate atomic propositions corresponding to the observable events of the experiments, to overcome the shortcomings of the conditional expression. Finally, we show that the standard definition of counterfactuality in quantum contexts based on classical logic is epistemologically too limited, presenting quantum logics as the most promising possible approach to address this type of quantum counterfactuality.Proyecto de I+D, PhilStatModNat (PID2024-159749NB-I00), del Programa Estatal para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Experimental, del Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2025-2028 (España).Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://www.pdcnet.org//collection/fshow?id=logos-episteme_2025_0016_0004_0455_0477&pdfname=logos-episteme_2025_0016_0004_0083_0105.pdf&file_type=pdfhttps://www.pdcnet.org/logos-episteme/content/logos-episteme_2025_0016_0004_0455_0477http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12020/1805https://doi.org/10.5840/logos-episteme202516434reponame:Depósito Digital e-UCJCinstname:Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)InglésPID2024-159749NB-I00info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ucjc.edu:20.500.12020/18052026-05-27T07:36:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
title Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
spellingShingle Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
Sánchez-Ovcharov, Carmen
Filosofía, Filología y Lingüística
Interaction-Free Measurements
Counterfactuals
Quantum Mechanics
Conditionals
Logic
7205.04 Filosofía de la Física
7205 Filosofía de la Ciencia
11 Lógica
title_short Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
title_full Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
title_fullStr Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
title_full_unstemmed Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
title_sort Quantum Counterfactuals: Interaction-Free Measurements and Classical Logic’s Constraints
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez-Ovcharov, Carmen
Gherab Martín, Karim
Fernández-Cuesta, Alejandro
author Sánchez-Ovcharov, Carmen
author_facet Sánchez-Ovcharov, Carmen
Gherab Martín, Karim
Fernández-Cuesta, Alejandro
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author2 Gherab Martín, Karim
Fernández-Cuesta, Alejandro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofía, Filología y Lingüística
Interaction-Free Measurements
Counterfactuals
Quantum Mechanics
Conditionals
Logic
7205.04 Filosofía de la Física
7205 Filosofía de la Ciencia
11 Lógica
topic Filosofía, Filología y Lingüística
Interaction-Free Measurements
Counterfactuals
Quantum Mechanics
Conditionals
Logic
7205.04 Filosofía de la Física
7205 Filosofía de la Ciencia
11 Lógica
description The aim of this paper is to carry out a critical analysis of the uses of the material conditionals employed to represent the counterfactual detections taking place inside Elitzur-Vaidman quantum bomb detectors in so-called quantum interaction free measurements (IFMs). We provide an exhaustive philosophical study of this classical approach focusing on its limitations. To do so, we formulate atomic propositions corresponding to the observable events of the experiments, to overcome the shortcomings of the conditional expression. Finally, we show that the standard definition of counterfactuality in quantum contexts based on classical logic is epistemologically too limited, presenting quantum logics as the most promising possible approach to address this type of quantum counterfactuality.
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